Artwork Details
Artist
Creation Date
Materials
Object Types
Dimensions
16 x 20 in. (canvas) 25 x 29-1/8 x 3-1/4 in. (framed)
Mark Description
Inscribed, in red paint, upper right: CHIEF FLAT IRON. | SIOUX. Signed, in red paint, lower right: J.H.SHARP.
Accession Number
Credit Line
John Herron Fund
Copyright
Collection
American Painting and Sculpture 1800-1945
Color Palette
Provenance
Purchased from the artist by the John Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis, Indiana, now the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, in 1903.
Exhibition History
Exhibition Name
Venue
Dates
Long-term Loan to Indianapolis Public Schools
Indianapolis Public Schools, Oscar C. McCulloch Elementary School #5
Date Unknown - June 5, 1970
John Herron Art Institute and Museum
May 2, 1908 - June 1, 1908
John Herron Art Institute and Museum
February 7, 1905 - February 26, 1905
John Herron Art Institute and Museum
February 10, 1903 - February 24, 1903
Long Term Loan to Spink Wawasee Hotel
Spink-Wawasee Hotel Corporation
May 6, 1932 - Date Unknown
Loan to Indianapolis Public Schools William Watson Woolen School 45
October 24, 1924 - Date Unknown
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